Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova seeded No. 1 at the tournament in Madrid (Spain) in doubles advanced to the quarterfinals defeating Daria Gavrilova of Australia and Hsieh Su-Wei of Chinese Taipei 6-4 6-4. The match lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes. The Russians made 7 double faults and won 6 break points out of 12. Their opponents made 5 double faults and won 4 break points.

In order to reach the semifinal of the tournament in the capital of Spain, the 2016 Olympic Champions will have to take on Alicja Rosolska of Poland and Abigail Spears of the US.